Hamble Valley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Hamble Valley in South East England | |
County | Hampshire |
Electorate | 76,902 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Paul Holmes (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Hamble Valley is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3] It is represented by Paul Holmes of the Conservative Party, who served as the MP for Eastleigh from 2019 to 2024.
Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as comprising the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: [4]
Following a local government boundary review in Fareham which became effective in May 2024, [5] the constituency now comprises the following with effect from the 2024 general election:
The seat straddles the River Hamble estuary and covers the following areas:
Eastleigh and Fareham prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Paul Holmes | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Holmes | 19,671 | 36.4 | −25.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Prad Bains | 14,869 | 27.5 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Devina Paul | 8,753 | 16.2 | +2.6 | |
Reform UK | Caroline Gladwin | 8,216 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Green | Kate Needham | 2,310 | 4.3 | +1.2 | |
Hampshire Ind. | Binka Griffin | 185 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,802 | 8.9 | −32.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,004 | 67.1 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 80,537 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −16.1 |
2019 notional result [10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 35,497 | 62.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12,009 | 21.1 | |
Labour | 7,739 | 13.6 | |
Green | 1,796 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 57,041 | 74.2 | |
Electorate | 76,902 |